The Corps of Engineers will conduct a meeting Thursday to discuss improvements to the Caernarvon floodwall in St. Bernard Parish.

The meeting begins with an open house at 6 p.m. in Braithwaite.

A corps news release said plans for the Caernarvon Floodwall are discussed in Individual Environmental Report 9, an environmental document that is currently available for public review and comment on www.nolaenvironmental.gov. The comment period runs through Dec. 24, 2009.

"The proposed project alignment and many features were developed in conjunction with local community members and businesses," Christophor Gilmore, a corps senior project manager, said in the news release. "The proposed action is a new floodwall alignment to the west of the Caernarvon Canal, including a tie-in to the Mississippi River levee system and construction of a 56-foot wide sector gate across the canal."

The open house will be followed by a presentation and discussion. This meeting will provide an additional venue for the corps to collect comments and answer questions about the proposed action as it is described in the environmental document, the corps news release said.